The opioid drug epidemic has created a lot more drug-dependent newborns and hospitals often have to foot the bill for their treatment, the Boston Herald has reported. The cost of treating these ...
Washington Democrats and Governor Bob Ferguson claim to champion the vulnerable, yet they have once again revealed their disturbing priorities. Ferguson, in a move of pure political pandering, has ...
A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery ...
DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WPVI) -- The ABC7 I-Team looked into the most heartbreaking development of the opioid epidemic: tiny lives that begin drug dependent. They can't "just say no" because they are ...
ATLANTA — Every 25 minutes in the United States, a baby is born experiencing opioid withdrawal, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It's a crisis that demands action, but an ...
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‘I was a newborn addicted to crystal meth and heroin – no one should have such a tough start to life’
It’s hard to imagine a more difficult start to life than the early days of Callum Hesketh. He spent his first four months in intensive care after suffering a stroke and a cardiac arrest as hospital ...
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Four children have died under the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department’s watch since April. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said she’s had enough and said the ...
Since March, five women in Franklin County have been charged with felony child abuse for allegedly using cocaine while they were pregnant. It all started when Franklin County Deputy Ruby Galvin spoke ...
NASHVILLE — A task force of state health officials is trying to reverse an alarming rise in the number of babies born addicted to drugs in Tennessee.
“The 4-month old was the last straw.” That’s what Maralyn Beck, executive director of the Child First New Mexico Network, told me, explaining why the state has finally announced a radical change in ...
At least 1663 babies have spent the first few days of their lives recovering from drug addiction since 2017 according to the Sunday Mail. The research suggests that more than 200 babies born each year ...
Eight months pregnant and in pain, Stephanie Rosell went to the Holy Family hospital emergency room after an infection began spreading up her legs. Unemployed and homeless, estranged from her family, ...
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